Gilles Marotte

Jean Gilles "Captain Crunch" Marotte (June 7, 1945 – July 26, 2005) was a Canadian defenceman in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues.

In May 1967, he was part of one of the biggest trades in NHL history as one of three players sent to Chicago in the deal where Boston acquired Phil Esposito.

While with the Kings in January 1971, Marotte broke rookie Darryl Sittler's wrist with a cross-check, giving him the most serious injury of his career.

Marotte represented the Kings at the 1973 National Hockey League All-Star Game and scored a career-high 45 points that year.

The next season, he was sent to the New York Rangers in the trade where the Kings acquired their future captain and coach, Mike Murphy.